ECONOMIC HEADLINES
| MOROCCO | DAMS | A filling rate of 33.2% as of February 17th 2022
As of February 17th 2022, the reservoirs of the main dams in Morocco reached 5.35 billion m3. In this context, the filling rate set-tled at 33.2% during the same period.
| CÔTE D’IVOIRE | INFLATION | Prices up 5.6% y-o-y in January 2022
According to the National Institute of Statistics of Côte d'Ivoire, the Harmonized Consumer Price Index increased by 0.2% in Janu-ary 2022 compared to the previous month. Year-on-year, the inflation rate stands at 5.6% above the community convergence threshold of 3.0% set by WAEMU.
| BENIN | ECONOMY | Business creations up 26% in December 2021
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (INStaD), business creations in Benin during the month of De-cember 2021 dropped by 5.9% compared to the previous month. Year-on-year, these show an increase of 26% during the same period.
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